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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:52 pm Post subject: Pentagon Must End ‘Habit of Mind’ Weapons Spending, Carter S |
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The deficit reduction law that seeks to cut $1.5 trillion in federal spending over 10 years is forcing the Pentagon to rein in weapons spending that grew by “habit of mind” when budgets were flush, according to the nominee for deputy defense secretary.
The Budget Control Act, signed Aug. 2 by President Barack Obama, calls for trimming $330 billion over 10 years from Pentagon spending plans. That means the department must “redouble its efforts” to control costs in weapons and research and reexamine all areas for affordability, said Ashton Carter, in written answers to questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee in advance of his confirmation hearing today.
The Pentagon was operating under a “habit of mind born from an unrealistic belief that the defense budget would keep growing” as it did for most of the past decade, he said. There has been “unacceptable growth in far too many individual programs,” he said.
The Pentagon’s biggest program, Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT)’s F- 35 Joint Strike Fighter, is needed to fend off surface-to-air missiles and advanced fighter aircraft worldwide, Carter said in response to another question.
The F-35 over the next decade will make up one third of the U.S. Defense Department’s tactical air assets and will become the “mainstay of the force” by 2031, said Carter, who now serves as the Pentagon’s acquisition chief.
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